Alumni Class Notes for May 2018

Judith (Claassen) Reynolds (’68) and her husband Dennis sing with a worship team at the San Carlos Community Church in San Carlos, Sonora, Mexico. Judith writes, “The bilingual church is unique in that its 300+ congregation represents three nations—the United States, Canada, and Mexico—and more than 18 denominations, all worshipping the same Lord in harmony.”

Paul Willard (’74) has accepted the position of associate vice president for finance at Truett McConnell University in Cleveland, Ga.

Preston Jordan (’76) and Josephine (Coleman) Jordan (’76) write, “Union Institute and University, in Cincinnati, Ohio, accepted Preston into their Ph.D. program. Jo is pursuing her Master of Science degree in nursing from Benedictine University. They have four adult children, five grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. Preston continues to serve as senior pastor of Trinity Baptist Church in Newport News, Va. Jo continues to serve as a medical facilities inspector (RN) for the Virginia Department of Health.”

Fay Plaza (’81) writes, “Mark and I both graduated from King’s in 1981. We got married that year as well and have four children and four grandchildren. We have since been all over the world as missionaries and also more recently pastoring churches here in the U.S. We started a small business as well in 2008 called Olde Man Granola. The granola is delicious and you can find us online at www.oldemangranola.com.”

Aleta (Smith) Peppler (Business ’08) married Drew Peppler on September 30, 2017.

Calvin Thomas Rocha was born at 8:23 a.m. on Friday morning, October 7, 2017 to Josh and Kelly (Cannon) Rocha (’15). He weighed in happy and healthy at 6.5 pounds and 19.4 inches. His parents are madly in love already, and praise the Lord for all of His blessings.

This May, Hannah Grubb (MCA ’16) began working as assistant editorial operations manager at the Daily Mail’s NYC location.